Manuzio, Epistolarum, Venice, [Paolo Manuzio], 1561, contemporary limp vellum

Manuzio, Paolo. Epistolarum … libri V. Quincto nuper addito. Eiusdem quae praefationes appellantur. Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1561

8vo (150 x 100 mm). Italic and roman type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A⁸ B-Z⁸ AA-HH⁸: 248 leaves, foliated. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and verso of final leaf, early underlining, annotations, and numerous manicules. (Foxing, staining, worming, and occasional browning.)

binding: Contemporary limp vellum (155 x 105 mm), traces of two pairs of chamois ties, manuscript title to cover, flat spine, early annotations to endleaves. (Soiling, wear with loss.)

provenance: Hieronymi Regii Rodien(sis), inscription on title-page. acquisition: Purchased from Family Album, Glen Rock, 1995. references: UCLA 659; Renouard 184/19; Edit16 28076; USTC 840479